ABSTRACT
Predicting George Bush's performance in the White House was a challenge. Nearly a year before he was elected, Bush was one candidate among many. Candidate Bush started with the "wimp" image, which made most observers think he could not win since he would do most anything to escape confrontation. The Time magazine editors saw that George made another important decision on his own, rejecting his father's advice to follow him into the investment-banking business and instead taking off for Texas. The war with Iraq, a human disaster, illustrated strongly the overpowering influence of Bush's need to shock his father and mother rather than simply take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Instead, pro-war propaganda flowed out of Washington. The development of Bush's world view is obscure. George Bush the aristocrat was obviously supporting the international money-hustlers even in this crisis and he was obviously operating foreign policy close-in with his mini-team.
